Improvement in garden-hoes



C. BELDEN.

Garden-Hue.

No. 134,028, Patented DEC-17,1872- Fig. I.

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' tightly secured in an elongated vided with a pair of ears, 0, for greater strength and security of the handle.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

cHARLEs BELDEN, OF AKRON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO HENRY NEWBURY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN GARDEN-H058.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,02, dated December 17, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLEs BELDEN, of Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Combined Hoe and Weeding Tool;

7 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing making part of the same.

Figure 1 is a side view of the hoe. is a front view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts Fig. 2

v in the several views.

among plants and between narrow rows of plants, for weeding, and loosening up the soil.

The construction of said hoe is clearly shown in the drawing, in which A is the handle,

eye, B, pro- D is a wide bill or blade, made very thin and of the shape shown in Fig. 2. Said blade is connected to the eye by a short, stout neck, E. The opposite bill or blade F is long, thin, and narrow, and of the shape shown, and is connected to the eye by a slender neck, G. Each of the bills is alike provided with a sharp cuttingedge and slightly rounded, as shown in the drawing.

This implement is especially intended for hoeing among plants that are set closely together and between narrow rows of such plants. The implement is light, strong, and durable, and is well adapted to heavy as well as light work. The tool is narrower'in crosssection at the eye B than the narrow point F.

Claim.

. hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described garden hoe and wecder combined, constructed, as described, as a new article of manufacture.

CHARLES BELDEN.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, A. F. CORNELL. 

